No, when it comes to the UK it is down to the weather. We haven't had such a poor summer for over 10 years and it's impact is starting to be felt. Follow a poor summer with the usual poor winter and I think you'll find schools going under ergo no rise in requirements for more instructors. The FTN article this month surprised me in it's exaggeration of the instructor shortage issue to be perfectly honest. Much of the research seemed to come from hearsay, celebrities and probably, dare I say it - here! There were a few adverts from the usual crop of hours builder employers but nothing that really made me stand up and think "!!!!e, things are getting very deseperate", more a case of making news for a minority target group sound more drastic than is really the case. Hardly unusual for any media body is it?
VFE.